The Toronto Blue Jays placed infielder Lenyn Sosa on the 10-day injured list with a right wrist contusion, recalling Charles McAdoo and reworking their pitching staff ahead of a four-game series against the Baltimore Orioles.
The roster changes started before Toronto even got to the first pitch of its four-game series against the Baltimore Orioles.
On Thursday, the Blue Jays placed infielder Lenyn Sosa on the 10-day injured list and recalled infielder Charles McAdoo, a sequence of moves that reshapes both the bench and the options the team can use right away.
Sosa’s IL stint comes with a right wrist contusion. The injury arrives at a tough moment for the 26-year-old, who has struggled since being acquired in April. In 28 games with Toronto, Sosa has hit .188 with one home run and one walk following his trade from the Chicago White Sox.
McAdoo gets the call to fill a bench role that fits his versatility. He has spent time at first. second and third base. and the move lines up with the kind of flexibility Sosa had been providing before he landed on the IL. McAdoo, 24, enters with a .250/.356/.436 slash line and a .792 OPS in 49 games at triple-A this season. He’s driven in 27 runs and has hit eight home runs there.
McAdoo’s promotion was first reported by ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Wednesday.
The rest of the reshuffle hits the pitching staff, too. Seabold, 30, was re-acquired from the Detroit Tigers in a trade on Wednesday after spending spring training with Toronto. He was designated for assignment before returning to the Blue Jays. In 11 relief appearances with Detroit, Seabold has posted a 3.45 ERA with 14 strikeouts over 15.2 innings.
Along with that, Lee, 27, has pitched in three games with Toronto this season, allowing two hits and three earned runs over 3.1 innings.
The Blue Jays also remain without Estrada, who has been on the IL since April 5 with a right shoulder impingement. Estrada appeared in just one game this season, throwing four shutout innings with three strikeouts against the White Sox.
Toronto’s Thursday opener against the Orioles begins at 6 p.m. ET / 3 p.m. PT, with coverage on Sportsnet and Sportsnet+.
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Wrist contusion?? Bro just play through it.
Wait so they traded for Sosa and now he’s hurt already? That feels like every year with Toronto, always “shuffles roster” when it matters.
McAdoo coming up from triple-A like that’s automatically gonna fix everything lol. Also Seabold re-acquired from Tigers?? I thought he was already on the team or something. Confusing. Orioles are about to smoke them if their pitching is still getting reworked.
So Estrada is out til whenever and now they’re moving pitchers around before the first pitch… isn’t that when they mess up the bullpen? I saw “right wrist contusion” and immediately assumed it was like a broken hand or tendon thing, but apparently it’s just a contusion so maybe he’s not THAT bad? Either way, I don’t get why they couldn’t keep the same roster from opening day.